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Alex Weir

Professor of Mycology, Department of Environmental & Forest Biology, SUNY College of …
Verified email at esf.edu
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A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi

…, L Tibell, WA Untereiner, C Walker, Z Wang, A Weir… - Mycological …, 2007 - Elsevier
A comprehensive phylogenetic classification of the kingdom Fungi is proposed, with
reference to recent molecular phylogenetic analyses, and with input from diverse members …

An analysis of the attrition of drug candidates from four major pharmaceutical companies

…, SD Pickett, J Wang, O Wallace, A Weir - Nature reviews Drug …, 2015 - nature.com
The pharmaceutical industry remains under huge pressure to address the high attrition rates
in drug development. Attempts to reduce the number of efficacy-and safety-related failures …

Function and genetics of dystrophin and dystrophin-related proteins in muscle

DJ Blake, A Weir, SE Newey… - Physiological …, 2002 - journals.physiology.org
The X-linked muscle-wasting disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy is caused by mutations
in the gene encoding dystrophin. There is currently no effective treatment for the disease; …

Titanium dioxide nanoparticles in food and personal care products

A Weir, P Westerhoff, L Fabricius… - … science & technology, 2012 - ACS Publications
Titanium dioxide is a common additive in many food, personal care, and other consumer
products used by people, which after use can enter the sewage system and, subsequently …

The Warwick Agreement on femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAI syndrome): an international consensus statement

…, A Takla, K Thorborg, S Walker, A Weir… - British journal of sports …, 2016 - bjsm.bmj.com
The 2016 Warwick Agreement on femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome was
convened to build an international, multidisciplinary consensus on the diagnosis and …

Platelet-rich plasma injection for chronic Achilles tendinopathy: a randomized controlled trial

RJ De Vos, A Weir, HTM van Schie… - Jama, 2010 - jamanetwork.com
Context Tendon disorders comprise 30% to 50% of all activity-related injuries; chronic
degenerative tendon disorders (tendinopathy) occur frequently and are difficult to treat …

Synchronization between motor cortex and spinal motoneuronal pool during the performance of a maintained motor task in man.

BA Conway, DM Halliday, SF Farmer… - The Journal of …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
1. Simultaneous recordings of cortical activity, recorded as the magnetoencephalogram
(MEG), and the electromyogram (EMG) of the ipsilateral and contralateral first dorsal …

Shaping of hooks in New Caledonian crows

AAS Weir, J Chappell, A Kacelnik - Science, 2002 - science.org
Many animals use tools, but their understanding of physical forces or causal relations is
unclear (1, 2). Primates are considered the most versatile and complex tool users, but …

[HTML][HTML] Risks of and risk factors for COVID-19 disease in people with diabetes: a cohort study of the total population of Scotland

SJ McGurnaghan, A Weir, J Bishop… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background We aimed to ascertain the cumulative risk of fatal or critical care unit-treated
COVID-19 in people with diabetes and compare it with that of people without diabetes, and …

Chimeric receptors providing both primary and costimulatory signaling in T cells from a single gene product

HM Finney, ADG Lawson, CR Bebbington… - The Journal of …, 1998 - journals.aai.org
Single chain Fv chimeric receptors, or T-bodies, are described with intracellular sequences
comprising the costimulatory signaling domain of CD28 in series with the ζ-chain from the …